Dinosaur Train
Learning About Castrocauda
Clip: Season 3 Episode 5 | 2m 25sVideo has Closed Captions
Mr. Conductor teaches the kids about castrocauda, an aquatic mammal.
Mr. Conductor teaches the kids about castrocauda, an aquatic mammal.
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Dinosaur Train
Learning About Castrocauda
Clip: Season 3 Episode 5 | 2m 25sVideo has Closed Captions
Mr. Conductor teaches the kids about castrocauda, an aquatic mammal.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
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:HELLO, MR.
CONDUCTOR!
- HELLO, PTERANODON FAMILY AND--WELL, BLESS ME!
IF IT ISN'T CINDY CIMOLESTES.
GREETINGS.
- AH, HELLO.
- WHERE ARE YOU ALL HEADED TODAY?
- WE BROUGHT CINDY ALONG TO ASK YOU A QUESTION, MR.
CONDUCTOR!
- YEAH, SINCE YOU KNOW PRACTICALLY EVERYTHING.
- [chuckling] WELL, GOSH, NOW, BUDDY.
I DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING.
JUST QUITE A BIT.
- RIGHT.
OUR QUESTION IS, IS THERE A MAMMAL ANYWHERE IN THE MESOZOIC THAT LOVES TO EAT FISH?
- OOH, A MAMMAL THAT LOVES FISH?
OH, TINY, SOMETIMES YOU ASK SOME TOUGH ONES.
- [chuckles] KIDS, I THINK YOU MAY HAVE FINALLY STUMPED THE CONDUCTOR.
- AH, AH, NOT SO FAST, MR. PTERANODON.
I REMEMBER AN AMAZING CREATURE FROM WAY BACK IN THE JURASSIC.
A FUR-COVERED, WEB-FOOTED, EGG-LAYING EARLY MAMMAL CALLED CASTOROCAUDA THAT LIVES BOTH ON LAND AND IN THE WATER AND LOVES FISH.
- [squawks] CINDY, I WAS RIGHT!
- OH, WAIT, WAIT.
DID YOU SAY A MAMMAL THAT LAYS EGGS?
I THOUGHT ONLY DINOSAURS LAY EGGS.
- ACTUALLY, CINDY, MANY ANIMALS LAY EGGS.
SNAKES, AMPHIBIANS, DINOSAURS... - AND PTEROSAURS.
- GOSH, HOW EXCITING.
I CAN'T WAIT TO MEET A CASTOROCAUDA.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THE MOST AMAZING CREATURE!
- WAIT TILL YOU GET A LOAD OF THIS!
kids: OOH.
- IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ABOUT MY SIZE.
- AND COVERED WITH FUR, LIKE YOU.
- BUT LOOK AT THOSE FEET.
THEY REMIND ME OF FISH FINS A LITTLE.
IT LOOKS LIKE CASTOROCAUDA IS MADE FOR SWIMMING.
- EXACTLY, MISS TINY.
CASTOROCAUDA IS A LAND ANIMAL THAT IS ADAPTED FOR SWIMMING.
SEE ITS BIG, FLAT TAIL AND HOW ITS HANDS AND FEET ARE WEBBED?
THOSE FEATURES HELP IT SWIM FASTER.
AND IT'S TRUE THAT MOST MAMMALS LIVE ON LAND, BUT SOME ARE COMFORTABLE LIVING ON LAND AND IN WATER, LIKE CASTOROCAUDA, WHICH IS WHAT WE CALL AN AQUATIC MAMMAL.
all: AN AQUATIC MAMMAL.
- I CAN'T WAIT TO MEET ONE!
- WELL, IT WON'T BE LONG, 'CAUSE WE'RE ABOUT TO ENTER A TIME TUNNEL!
TIME TUNNEL APPROACHING!
- TIME TUNNEL?
OH, DEAR.
I'M NOT SURE I LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT!
[shimmering tone]
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